Savannah City Leaders Launch MDSP

Senator Lester Jackson III (D – 2nd District), Diane Weems, MD, Chief Medical Officer of the Coastal Health District and Administrator of the Chatham County Health Department, Charles Powell, Executive Director, Community Cardiovascular Council, and Loretha Jenkins, Program Coordinator, Coastal Area Agency on Aging all spoke to the importance of ...

MDSP/NCOA Training in Washington, DC

The National Council on Aging (NCOA) and the Medicare Diabetes Screening Project (MDSP) launched “Diabetes Screening: Medicare Benefits for Better Health” on June 18, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The event featured former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, experts in diabetes research and education and representatives from senior serving organizations who ...

MDSP Kicks-off in Augusta, GA

Senator Ed Tarver (D-District 22) led the charge alongside Jeanette Cummings, Director, CSRA Area Agency on Aging (AAA), and other city and community leaders. The MDSP began outreach efforts in Augusta by reaching out to local primary care physicians and their office managers via a letter signed by diabetes specialist Dr. ...

MDSP Kicks-off in Macon, GA

On March 24, 2009 the MDSP was launched in Macon by City Councilors Nancy White, RN, Charles Jones, and Ed DeFore, before a crowd gathered in front of Macon City Hall. The event was held on the American Diabetes Association’s American Diabetes Alert Day, a one-day call-to-action for learning ...

Columbus City Leaders Recognize World Diabetes Day

The Mayor, who is over age 65, showed his solidarity and personal commitment by getting a risk assessment for diabetes at the conclusion of a news conference at the Hilton Garden Inn on Bradley Lake Boulevard. The Mayor and Councilor Barnes were joined by Councilor Glenn Davis; Dr. Steven Leichter, president ...

MDSP Kicks-Off in Columbus, GA

The Mayor of Columbus, President of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Georgia  legislators, Terry Womack from the Center for Health Transformation (CHT), and Dr. Stephen Leichter, President of the Columbus Research Foundation (CRF), all joined MDSP in welcoming CAPT. Clara Cobb, Regional Health Administrator for the Department of Health and ...